...Today's teenagers are a generation for whom the line between online and real world interaction is practically non-existent. The apotheosis of this is Myspace.com, which began as a social networking site, but which now is ‘a nightclub open 24 hours a day, seven days a week’. Myspace currently receives more daily visits than Google and Amazon. The site has 40 million members worldwide, each using their personal page to email and post bulletins, blogs and photos of themselves. It is precisely that creation of identity which has made it such a teen sensation. It's like a voluntary Big Brother. For millions of teenagers, the Internet is like a drug. And the madness of the Internet and of adolescent hormones can be an especially potent combination. On one occasion, fourteen-year-old Kara met 18-year-old David on Myspace. The relationship, which began as a friendship, intensified on the site. When her parents, who opposed the relationship, tried to cut off her online access to him, her parents were shot dead by the boy. The Internet fuels fantasy. You can be an Internet warrior, an Internet seductress. Kids are using these sites to act out fantasy. On the Internet, you are allowed the chance to be the best. Besides, lonely, unpopular or troubled teenagers get online and play the roles they want to be. It doesn't matter if anyone is actually reading their postings or not: it just feels good to let it all out, and see it archived...
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...The Bad Effects of The Internet On The Teenagers Brent Staples is an editorial writer for the New York Times. In “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace”, Brent writes about how teenagers nowadays spend too much time on the Internet to communicate with each other, and forget to interact with families and friends in the real life. Using the Internet too much cost the teenagers don’t have socializing, the real world experience that would allow them to leave teenagers behind and grow into adulthood. (Staples 18) I strongly agree with Staples that many teenagers spend too much time on the Internet for chatting and playing online games than for studying and socializing. When teenagers spend too much time on the Internet, they will miss out the experience of talking face-to-face and don’t know how to communicate to a job later. Indeed, the Internet seriously takes away the socializing time of teenagers and makes them don’t have any social skills to communicate with the people in the real world. Over the past few months, I found out Facebook has become increasingly prominent in the lives of UC Davis students. Conversations are no longer made in real life person. Instead, many UC Davis students log in to their free Facebook accounts to communicate with each other. Moreover, I saw many of my friends send messages through Facebook to their next-door neighbor instead of walking a couple steps to meet with their neighbors face-to-face. They are seriously missed out...
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...Running Head: INTERNET AND TEENAGERS The Use of Internet Creates Adverse Influence on Teenagers Tabassum Akhter 13304131 Sec: 08 Course: English 102 Date of Submission: 14th August 2013 BRAC University The Use of Internet Creates Adverse Influence on Teenagers On Christmas Day, 1990, in a lab at Cern in Geneva, Switzerland, Tim Berners-Lee finished building the tools to create the World Wide Web (Krotoski, 2010). Twenty years ago, this act of releasing the technology for free had been a revolution. Twenty years later, this snowballing age cyber age – with Twitter, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, Google and a maze of other electronic avenues – has engulfed the lives of today’s youth, where playing out into the fields has been replaced by surfing over the internet. Researches show that 87% of the youth today go online, representing 21 million youth (Weiss, 2005). It has become a growing concern in the society, especially among the parents, about the cyberspace’s detrimental impacts upon the teenagers since it is concealed beneath the whitewashed faces of social media and other sites and generates addiction resulting in reduced efficiency of the students. Furthermore, it exposes them to the dangers of cyber bullying, and ruins the teenagers’ creativity and originality; not to mention, it also creates destructive impact upon family bonds. The creators of social media and other beguiling websites assert that the growth in the use of Internet is leading...
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...love/hate relationship with technology. Many would agree that the internet is the best thing invented while other could simply do without. Because of the internet and technology we can do things such as ordering our Starbucks before we arrive and getting groceries delivered. But is all this technology affecting our brain in a negative way? (INSERT QUOTE FROM CARR) Studies have shown that our brains do not truly develop until age 25. According to the research by the Pew Research Center 93% of teens ages 12-17 go online (Lenhart et al 4). So my question to you is, can adolescents age 12-15 take in all the ever-changing technology and does it affect their development: specifically academics. Whether at home, school or the library it is assumed that most teenagers have access to the internet. Some may argue that such easy access helps students academically. We now have a tool that gives us instant information and answers, whether correct or incorrect. Are the days of tutoring and asking parents for homework help gone because the internet? Why wait for help when you can simply google it. Some parents and children see this in a good light-a goodbye to unanswered questions, a hurrah to technology. However the internet itself has no regulations. Children may get online to do homework, play games, or just surf the web. I personally think it is the parent’s job to regulate and monitor their children’s internet use. Although they will go to school and have free-range so...
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...SPIRITUAL LIFE AND BELIEFS I do not really have a defining moment in my life where everything changed and gave up drugs and drinking and turned towards God. However, I do have a moment where I turned to him but it isn’t big and grand. Sometimes I wish this was different, sometimes I wish I had some big grand story but then again. I have been immersed in God’s life for all my entire life and I can’t complain about that. I was born in a very spiritual family with parents who had very clear and strict rules when it came to church. After I was born, as soon as I was able to recognize my surroundings I was in church. I remember a few instances when I received some spanking for trying to lie my way out of going for Sunday school. However later on I became quite an active member of every club in Sunday school, be it drama, music and even became a Boys & Girls Brigade leader. However as I grew older and past the Sunday school age, I started losing my way as I tried to figure out where I fitted best. I started moving from church to church following my friends as I tried to fit in. At this point is where I came to appreciate the importance of family worship. A person who has a meaningful plan for his children has to invite God in to his home in order to lay a firm foundation for his family. It’s at home where children should gain the true education since it’s the very first school all children must begin from. Despite thinking I’m all grown...
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...Negative effects of the Internet Julia Tucker Today’s teenagers use technology more than ever. Most of them have Internet access, which they use to send and receive email, instant messages, live chat, and more. Rarely do they stop to think about how harmful the Internet can be, such as exposure to pornography, identity theft, or cyber-bullying. Not only are they exposed to certain things but also the Internet affects a teenager’s social life, mental health and physical health. Over usage of the Internet can quickly lead to internet addiction, which will ultimately give them less time for them to study, do homework, read, exercise, or participate in any co curriculum activities. As a result, internet addiction directly affected their day to day’s lifestyle and characteristic whom some are suppose to be inside the classroom yet they are wasting time surfing the Internet, watching pornography, or playing online games in the cyber world. Today, due to popularity of social networking sites, teenagers are encouraged to post their profile on them because they want to be accepted by their peers. With putting up their profile, it helps them to meet and make friends with strangers. In turn, the stranger may be a predator who expose the teen to child pornography and encourage the teens to exchange pornography. In some cases the predator wants to go as far as to meet up with the teen. All this heavy use of Internet by teenagers can greatly affect their mental health. Some...
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...My three questions I have chosen to write about they have to deal with new technology and teenagers. My first question question I answer was is email dead for teenagers? Teenagers today doesn't believe email still exist because they don't use email. The way they communicate is by Facebook, Twitter, Myspace , or texting each other on that cellphone. Today,you don't never hear a teenager say I need to check my email they say wait a minute let me update my status on Facebook and let me check my text message that I just received. Teenagers lives with many new technology this day an time. They can message each other within seconds to tell each other what they want. Teenagers can find a friend or see what a friend is up to by social media. All they have to do is type a friend name in on Facebook address bar and they will be in contact with them in a few seconds. In today world, email is just used mostly in business related issues not in teenagers world. Even people in the ages between 35-55 rather text or use Facebook than use email it's not only teenagers. I know myself I only check my email is when I am at work just in case the boss has something important to say other than that I don't use email. Email became popular back in the day just like email took over instead of writing letters. Teenagers just believe on using social media or texting each other they don't even believe on talking on the phone either. Social networks allow people to connect for a variety of reasons in...
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...Recently in the news there have been discussions on online social networks and how teenagers should be disciplined for inappropriate use. A mother in Texas took a new twist on using social networking for punishing her 12 year old daughter when she posted pictures that the mother said was not suitable. After multiple warnings, the daughter posted a picture of herself holding a bottle of vodka with the caption “I sure wish I could drink this.” Her mother decided to take a picture of her daughter that did not show her face, holding a sign reading “Since I want to post photos of me holding liquor, I am obviously not ready for social media and will be taking a hiatus until I learn what I should (and) should not post. Bye-bye.” Psychologist and teenage behavior specialist discussed how this type of punishment is damaging to a teenager because social networking is seen by their friends. By reading the story, a glimpse of using modern parental discipline shows the thoughts of the parents, children, and experts in teenage behaviors. The article highlights the impact on teenage online punishment, but does not give enough information to give a clear defining point of view. A mother used the fact her daughter continued to post inappropriate pictures of herself and wanted to show her the consequences of doing this by taking away her privileges of using online social networking sites. Not only did the mother take away her daughter’s use of social networking but also posted a picture...
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...ABSTRACT The internet usage among teenagers increase from last decade, increase in internet usage has effect teenagers 1) that teenagers boys use internet for playing games mostly violated games whereas girls use internet for shopping and for chat online 2) teenagers use internet for anonymous identity experimentation 3) internet cause isolation and depression among teenagers. This study is aimed to explore the relationship between teenager’s internet usage and face to face communication. This study also explores the desire of teenagers to face to face communication, and the relationship between loneliness and excessive internet usage. This is quantitative study and survey method will be used. After the survey results will show that is there any effect of internet on teenager’s face to face communication and effect on their peer relations. Key words: communication, internet, face to face communication, loneliness, teenagers. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Internet change the way people communicate with each other. In earlier days people use traditional means of communication like telegraph, letters, landline etc. now they ways of communication changed the world. Communication becomes faster and more accessible. Internet is one of them. People use internet for real time communication with friends, family and other relations. It seems that there is no single field that is not affected by internet.Chesebro and Bonsall (1989) argued that you talk to people through internet in the privacy...
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...Electronic devices provide a mask, which today’s adolescents can hide behind, while posting malicious and hateful messages aimed at others in a cyber-world. These complex devices provide a new high speed method for teenagers to communicate and interact. Cyber bullying is a rising problem for today’s teenagers, especially with the aid of social networking sites, such as, Facebook and Twitter. However, cyber bullying exceeds the boundaries of the internet and also includes cell phones and other electronic devices. These digital devices are transforming the “traditional bully” into a new wave of modern online cyber bullies. Seventy-five percent of adolescents, between the ages of twelve and seventeen, own a cell phone. Cell phones are an easy way for anyone to access any online website, which can be opened at almost any location. The internet gives teenagers the opportunity to confront, harass, and humiliate someone, while hiding behind a computer screen or electronic device. This online technique gives adolescent bullies the chance to have arguments/conversations that they wouldn’t normally say to someone in person. The internet provides the opportunity to do this activity anonymously, with fake online accounts and usernames, which instills a new kind of distress into the victim from the masked perpetrator. Teens will often provoke online arguments with one another on social media sites for the sake of amusement or attention, while the rest of the online world is reading and...
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...Some Teen Insights into Merton and Benedict XVI. Merton Annual, 24244-255 The article offers the author's insights on the implication of technology for human lives. Topics discussed importance of technology for enhancement of communication, risk factors associated with technology used, and the effects of technology on human behavior. Moreover, it provides the outlook of American Catholic writer Thomas Merton and Pope Benedict XVI regarding modernity. 2. Ives, E.A. (2012, October 1). iGeneration: The Social Cognitive Effects of Digital Technology on teenagers. The purpose of this study was to examine and better understand the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers' brains and their socialization processes, as well as to learn best practices with regard to digital technology consumption. An extensive literature review was conducted on the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers and an action research project was carried out gleaning quantitative and qualitative research findings collected from forty-six high school students, ranging from ages thirteen to fifteen. The findings of this paper are broken into three categories: (1) positive effects of digital technology; (2) negative effects of digital technology; (3) and, best practices with digital technology. One of the positive effects of digital technology is in education...
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...Come home, log in, 4 or 5 hours later it’s bed time. For most teenagers it’s a routine and for others it’s just a bad habit. They come home from school and instead of doing homework or hanging out with friends, they get on Twitter. Taking some time away from tweeting and putting more time in studying or socializing could help them in the future. Teenagers spending too much time on the internet and not having time for school, family or friends is a very common problem. For a lot of teenagers it could seem like an addiction or daily routine. Some teenagers that spend most of their time on the internet may be suffering from depression or problems at school, such as bullying. Some may agree that the internet is good for the people who have socializing issues or depression because it gives them their own space. Sometimes keeping to yourself and having too much of your own space can lead to not knowing how to socialize when it comes to it in person or in the future. Spending so much time on the internet takes time away from school work and homework. They even stay up past midnight to tweet that one last “goodnight” post, leaving them too tired to focus in school the next day. Being too tired and unable to focus makes it hard to get good grades in class. A lot of times teenagers tend to get caught up in the chat sites with people from all over the world, which could lead to very dangerous situations. Others may disagree and say that chat sites help the ones who have socializing problems...
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...Discussion on the Problem of Online Game Addiction After 30 years of development, the internet has become one of the most influential technical achievements of 20th century, which has had an crucial impact on all walks of life. Nowadays, internet technology and its application has become an important indicator of measuring comprehensive national power. As we know, Internet offers many conveniences. As a result ,it has made many people depend on it. What is worse, a large number of people have become addicted，especially to online game addiction.By2007,the population of online gamers worldwide was about 217 million, approximately 28 percent of the total online population(comScore,2007).In addition, online game addiction is prevalent in many countries, including China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, U.S., and Canada. In South Korea,2.4 percent of the population, ages nine to thirty-nine, were believed to be addicted to online games, and over 10 percent could be classified as obsessive gamers(Faiola,2006). In this essay, firstly I will talk about how the internet applies to daily life and alters modern life. Then list the problems which occurred with the development of internet. After that ,I will analysis the reasons why they are addicted to online games. Finally, I put forward the impact and suggestions for solving the problem. The internet influences every part of our daily life, it includes the patterns of doing business activities, and the uses for recreation such as sending...
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...“Facebook” in 2004. Social media sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Omegle expose today’s adolescence to things they shouldn’t be seeing, and it is as easy as logging in. The following paragraphs will talk about the three main negative effects that social media plays on youth today. These are; one, continuously putting users of Social Media, (and even the internet), in danger, two, damaging face to face socializing skills, and three, exposing our youth to explicit materials. * * Firstly, Social media poses many threats in today’s society. It is accessible from any Computer, Phone, Tablet or IPod with an internet connection. This means that it is easier for children as young as 8 or 9 to connect to a social media site. This in turn exposes them to nudity, swearing and the worst of all; pedophiles and rapists. Rheana Murray of New York Daily News stated that a whopping one in ten profiles online are fake (May 2013). This means that at least 10% or more of a child’s friends on Facebook could be phony. The Carly Ryan incident in 2006 proves that the internet is a very dangerous platform for children, teenagers and even adults to be using. Unfortunately, fake profiles are not just used for using fake aliases. Even if someone has only, say 10 friends on a social media site, and know that all of these are authentic, there are still ways for hackers to access your information; such as your location, photos or even bank details. Bullying is also a huge danger to youth on...
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... The affects of Internet Addiction among teens in the USA Introduction: The articles disscusses the status of addiction of internet among teens in the USA . Teenagers having high risk of abusing prescription drugs. Its disscusses the affects of internet on yeens and some solurions. Moreover ,most teenagers use the internet , cellphones and other electronic devices as their means of communication and expression . Its increasing everyday in the life of teanagers which is not good for their and our future. Summary now a days Internet addiction in teenagers increasing everyday .Tees are ignoring T V ,playing games , and watchin movies . It is a better way to pass and enjoy free time .Internet gaining more priority in teens life then other things like playing games ,talking with others and so more .Teens with talents wants to be famous and social networking sites giving them oppurtunities . There is a huge population on social networking sites ,therefore its easy to get famous by only with a good little post as a video . Some teenagers got ' Internet Gaming Disorder '/in which children play online games for 16 to 18 hours a day . Which affects their health in the maner of eyesight ,mental developement and etc. The good example of this disorder is Andrew Fulton , who played 16 to 18 hours a day and got flunked out from the college .Online gaming created lot of problems for him . Teenagers can buy e-cigerettes online ,even...
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